how to narrow rims?

[silverback4jack]

I posted this in the tire and wheel section and had 37 views woth no respnse so I deleted and moved it here. Well I am curious on what is needed and how hard it is to narrow a set of rims. I do realize this site is dedicated mainly to crawlers bt feel like alot of tech can be transfered to other rc cars and trucks. I am Trying to decide if it is possible to narrow a wheel that is 2.2 to fit a buggy width front tire? Not to big of a fan of the dish rim but I do like the fat rear skinny front look. Any info is greatly appreciated.

 

[KBrog]

X2. I will be needing to that on a build Im starting now. Dragster, phatties in the rear, skinnys in the front. I did see 1 narrowed rim. It was a traxxas rustler wheel, I think. Cut the rear bead off and turn it around and it slides back over the rim. then glue it on.

 

[Szczerba]

I use a drill press and the hex of what ever size I am going to use. Use a small bolt to put through the hex so the drill press will clamp to it. Here is what I did with 40 series 23mm wabash wheels. *Not with the tires on, of course. This shows with the tires, just cause that is all the pictures i have.

Mark a measured line around the wheel. Run the drill press at low speed and use a razor blade to follow the line, pressing down. It's pretty unsafe but just go slow and take your time, if you go this route.

Then use the section i cut out and glue it to the two pieces of wheels for reinforcement.

This is the only way I have narrowed wheels.

Hope it helps or gives you another idea.

 

[Crawln Coles]

I use a drill press to narrow wheels too, but I do it a lil different.

First I use a cut-off wheel clamped into the drill press.

Then I line it up, & cut all 4 wheels

Adjust the height for the width you want then make second cut in all 4 wheels.

I always used CA to glue them back together. There was a thread where fiberglass was used to reinforce the wheel.

 

[pantablo]

Try this:

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1056436&postcount=91

 

[mikemaster]

Dremel tool, cut the wheel as much as you want, CA it back together. Some wheels go together easier than others, like Clod wheels, one cut and they slide together.

 

[jwalker]

not everyone has a drillpress but most have dremels if not all. i use my dremel to do the cutting and use whatever size tape to make my second cut perfectly lined up and then add some ca glue to hold it together.

 

[yotachump]

heres a few pics of mine WAY back in the day. I used the drill press to cut the rims.

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1063284&postcount=40

 

[Mudsy]

Get some mudrock rims from tcs and section it off. it should bring it to 1 inch width. Hope this helps....

http://www.ukrcrc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3591